Nothing HR does contributes more to productivity than improving engagement and retention. Employees stay or leave - and engage or disengage - primarily based on their relationship with their manager. And that means their direct supervisor, the one they connect with - or don't connect with - every day. So we need our executives to manage engagement and retention instead of us. We can coach them and play critical roles, but if CFOs read the financial data and HR distributes the turnover report, re